The meeting was
called to order by Mayor Tipton with Councilwoman Griffin giving the
invocation.Councilmembers Baxter,
Crosby, Griffin,
Kerby, Myrick, City Administrator Akridge, Fire Chief Tyler and Asst. City
Clerk Diane Proudfoot were present.Councilman Rawlings was absent due to illness.

Mayor Tipton
congratulated Councilwoman Griffin on her recent retirement from the Chatham
County School System after teaching for 38 years.Councilwoman Griffin and Recreation Director
Joe Youngrecognized the
Bloomingdale Girls 10 & under softball team along with Coach Earl Yarbrough
and also the Boys 8 & under baseball team along with Coach Richard Duke for
completing the CAA 2012 season UNDEFEATED and also present the CAA Championship
trophy to both teams for this title.

Mayor Tipton recognized
Representative Ron Stephens who introduced Meg Daly Heap, Candidate for
District Attorney for ChathamCounty, who gave a brief description
of her career and requested the support of the Bloomingdale City Council and
citizens in the upcoming November election.

Councilman Baxter
made a motion to approve the draft copy of the minutes of the May 17, 2012
meeting.Councilman Crosby seconded the
motion and it passed with five affirmative votes.Councilman Crosby made a motion to approve
the agenda of the June 21, 2012 meeting.Councilman Myrick seconded the motion and it passed with five
affirmative votes.

Administrative
& Committee reports:

City
Administrator Akridge reported on the following:

1.The
April SPLOST came in at $50,426.07

2.The
City received word on Wednesday the Georgia DNR Land/Water Conservation Grant the
City applied for in February for the paving at Taylor Park was not going to be
awarded to the City

3.Acknowledged
the display of the very first City Logo Flag which would be hung
outside on Friday

Councilman
Kerby reported on the following:

1.The striping of Adams & Conaway Road will
be taking place on Friday

2.The expected
completion date of the current drainage project is September

Mayor Tipton recognized
Boy Scout Hunter Boatright who is attending the meeting tonight as part of his
pursuit to achieve Eagle Scout rank.

OLD
BUSINESS:None

NEW
BUSINESS:

Police Department
promotion – Interim Chief Roy Pike.Councilman Baxter made a motion to
appoint Captain Roy Pike as Interim Police Chief due to the retirement of
Chief Gossett.Councilman Crosby
seconded the motion and the motion passed with five affirmative votes.Interim Chief Pike introduced the
officers and staff of the Police Department.

Consider a request
submitted by Jerry Swagert to operate an Open Air Market on Highway 80.Councilman Myrick
made a motion to approve the Temporary Certificate of Zoning for the operation
of an Open Air Market and to extend the certificate through December 31,
2012 with the payment of the fees to cover that time period.Councilman Crosby seconded the motion
and it passed with five affirmative votes.

Transportation
Enhancement (TE) Rails to Trails Public Hearing/Presentation.City AdministratorAkridge introduced Engineering
Consultant Mark Crapps with Kern-Coleman & Co., LLC and gave a report
that a public presentation was necessary as part of the Rails to Trails
project and advised City Council & citizens that a conceptual plan was
submitted to Georgia DOT with an anticipated approval within the next few
weeks.The floor was opened for any
questions or comments regarding the project – there were none.

Consider a Resolution
for Transportation Enhancement (TE) Rails to Trails project for equipment
purchases.Councilman
Crosby made a motion to approve a Resolution of Acceptance for all street
furniture and site amenities to be acquired from one vendor for the Rails
to Trails project.Councilman
Baxter seconded the motion and it passed with five affirmative votes.

Consider setting
the Millage Rate at 0.00 for the 2012-2013 Fiscal Year.Councilman Myrick
made a motion to set the millage rate at 10mils and roll back the rate to
0mils.Councilman Baxter seconded
the motion and it passed with five affirmative votes.

Consider approval
of the proposed 2012-2013 Fiscal Year Budget.Councilman Myrick
made a motion to approve the FY2012-2013 budget and budget resolution.Councilwoman Griffin seconded the motion
and it passed with five affirmative votes.

Consider approval
of the 2012-2017 Five -Year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) and the CIP
Priority List.Councilman
Myrick reported that there were available funds left in the 03-08 SPLOST
monies after the completion of the dedicated projects specifically the
Fire Department, and by the direction of ChathamCounty
those funds could be rededicated to set a current priority list for Capital
Improvement items.Councilman
Myrick gave a brief review of the top nine items on the priority list: Police vehicles, Fire and City Hall
vehicles, Maintenance Department concrete enclosure, a sidearm mower, an
excavator, loan payment, HistoricalMuseum renovation and VeteransMonument. Councilman Myrick made a motion to
approve the Capital Improvement Plan and priority list.Councilman Crosby seconded the motion
and it passed with five affirmative votes.

Consider increase
in Water and Sewer Rates ($.50 Cent Base/$1.00 Usage).Councilman Myrick
made a motion to table action on this item.Councilman Baxter seconded the motion
and it passed with five affirmative votes.

Consider increase
in Fire Protection Rates.Councilman
Myrick made a motion to approve the changes to the fire user fee as
follows: 1) eliminate the category rate of $6.00 for $20,000 & under home
value, 2) to start billing all occupants in the unincorporated areas
served within the City Fire District at a rate of $15.00 with NO discount
for ages 65 & over and bill the unincorporated commercial customers at
a rate 25% higher than the current commercial rates with an effective date
of July 1, 2012.Councilwoman
Griffin seconded the motion and it passed with affirmative votes from
Councilmembers Myrick, Kerby & Griffin, Councilmembers Baxter and Crosby opposed the motion.

Consider
allocation of $125,134.24 to establish Phase III Drainage Fund from
existing 2008-2013 SPLOST funds ($74,213.78) and existing Drainage Money
Market Account ($50.920.46).Councilman Kerby made a motion to approve
the allocation of $125,134.24 to establish a Phase III Drainage fund with
$74,213.78 coming from the existing 2008-2013 SPLOST fund and $50,920.46
coming from the Drainage money market account.Councilman Baxter seconded the motion
and it passed with five affirmative votes.

Consider purchase
of two (2) trucks for use in the Water/Sewer Department in the amount of
$38,971.44 to be funded from the Water/Sewer Operating Fund.Councilman Baxter
made a motion to approve the purchase of two trucks for use in the
Water/Sewer department in the amount of $38,971.44 to be expended from the
Water/Sewer operating fund.Councilman Myrick seconded the motion and it passed with five
affirmative votes.

Consider Change
Order #1 in the amount of $4,850 for the Phase II Drainage project – Paula
BuntonCouncilman
Kerby made a motion to approve change order #1 in the amount of $4,850 for
the Phase II drainage project for piping of ditch at Pine & Moore
Street.Note:This was an issue discussed during the
citizen meetings but was inadvertently left off the plans.Councilman Crosby seconded the motion
and it passed with five affirmative votes.

Consider Change
Order #2 in the amount of $5,500 for the Phase II Drainage project – Moore and Chestnut
Streets.Councilman
Kerby made a motion to approve change order #2 in the amount of $5,500 to
install pipe in the ditch at Moore & Chestnut Street due to the ditch
being closer to this home than was realized when reviewing the plans.After discussion, Councilman Crosby
seconded the motion and it passed with five affirmative votes.

Discussion of
possible Change Order for the Phase II Drainage project – Rails to Trails
parking lot – no action was taken on this item.

Consider
authorization to apply for Assistance to Firefighters Grant.Councilman Baxter
made a motion to authorize Chief Tyler to apply for The Assistance to
Firefighters Grant.Councilman
Myrick seconded the motion and it passed with five affirmative votes.

Councilman Myrick made
a motion to adjourn into executive session.Councilwoman Griffin seconded the motion and it passed with five
affirmative votes.At the conclusion of
the executive session, Councilman Myrick made a motion to return to regular
session and approve the execution of the affidavit as required by the Open
Meetings Act.Councilman Crosby seconded
the motion and it passed with five affirmative votes.

Mayor Tipton reported that thisconcludes the items presented for consideration
for inclusion on the Council agenda prior to the deadline of Wednesday, June 13,
2012.

The accounts payables were presented with Councilman
Myrick making a motion to pay the bills.Councilwoman Griffin seconded the motion and it passed with five
affirmative votes.

There being no further business, Councilman Kerby
made a motion to adjourn at 8:20pm.Councilwoman Griffin seconded the motion and it passed with five
affirmative votes.

Respectfully submitted,

Diane Proudfoot, Asst. City
Clerk

Note:Section § 50-14-1 of the Official Code of the
State of Georgia Annotated requires that the minutes shall, as a minimum,
include a description of each motion or other proposal made, and a record of
all votes.These minutes meet the
minimum requirements.However, in an
attempt to provide as much information as possible to the citizens, the
recording clerk has included additional background data and discussion on the
subjects presented to council.The
statements of individuals are not verbatim and may be summary in nature.